Jim Carr, Manitoba MP and former cabinet minister, dies after battle with cancer

© Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Jim Carr speaks in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 13, 2019.

Manitoba MP and former cabinet minister Jim Carr has died after a battle with cancer.

The news was announced in the House of Commons Monday.

Carr was diagnosed with multiple myeloma during the 2019 federal election campaign.

He was 71.